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LIFELONG LEARNING IN TURKEY

• LLL Concept

• LLL Stakeholders

• MoNE – LLL Structure

• DG LLL Vision

• DG LLL Mission

• Some Statistics

• LLL Strategy Paper

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LIFELONG LEARNING IN TURKEY

LIFELONG LEARNING• Lifelong learning is defined as “all learning activities

undertaken throughout life with the aim of improving knowledge, skills and competencies, within a personal, civic, social and/or employment-related perspective.”

• It encompasses formal learning, non-formal and informal learning and there are no restrictions in terms of age, socio-economic status or educational level. It is lifelong and life-wide, as learning not only takes place at schools, but also in other areas of life, for example at work, and in civic and political, cultural and recreational life.

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LLL SECTORS AND STAKEHOLDERS

LLL

SOCIAL

BUSINESSPUBLIC • MoNE

• Municipalities

• Public Institutions

• Universities

• Chambers

• Private Courses

• Unions

• NGOs

Yürütülen Faaliyetler – Yaygın Eğitim Kurumları

Institution Number of Ins.

Public Education Centers (PECs) 978

Vocational Education Centers (VECs) 332

Maturation Institutes 15

Tourism Education Centers 10

TOTAL 1335

Directorate General For Lifelong Learning was founded in 2011 by a Decree Law.

PROVINCIAL LEVEL

MINISTRY OF NATIONAL EDUCATION

NATIONAL LEVEL

To realize a transformation towards a learning individiual, learning society and learning Turkey through increasing access to education and developing competence in order to sustain employability and socio-cultural development of people of all age.

VizyonumuzOUR VISION

Individual

Family

Society

Turkey

Through 969 Public Education Centers in 40.000

residential unit (sub-province, province) 1.951 kinds of

cultural and vocational courses are presented to people of

all age.

PUBLIC EDUCATION

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EDUCATIONAL PROGRAMS

Course Type Number of Program

Vocational and Technical Courses 1.482

Cultural Courses 467

Literacy Courses 2

Total 1.951

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NUMBER OF COURSES / YEARS

Distribution of Courses in 2013

PARTICIPANTS TO VOCATIONAL COURSES 2008 - 2013

COURSE PARTICIPANTS / BACKGROUND

Illiterate 3 %

Literate without any schooling

4 %

Primary School Graduate

43 %

Lower Secondary School Graduate

8 %

University Graduate9 %

Vocational Higher education Graduate

4 %

High School Graduate29 %

In the scope of lifelong learning, education and training is held in Open Lower-Secondary School, Open High School and Open Vocational School in order to increase the number of opportunities to our citizens; especially for the ones who have left the system.

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OPEN EDUCATION

OPEN SCHOOLS NUMBER OF ACTIVE STUDENTS in 201-2013

Institution Number of Students

Open Lower Secondary School 212.885

Open High School 901.493

Open Vocational School 301.490

TOTAL 1.415.868

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In order to train qualified work power that the

business sector requires, education and training are

hed in 31 fields of education and 152 professions in

332 Vocational Education Centers.

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APPRENTICESHIP TRAINING

Aile Eğitimi Kurs Programı (0-18 Yaş)

The curricula includes :• Child development,• Mother/fatherhood Skills• Health and Diet• Gender Equality• Communication• Conflict Management,• Human Rights and Child Rights

4. 926 courses are held and 191.766 parent and child are reached in 79 provinces in 2013.

PARENT TRAINING

There are 2 levels :

•First Level Literacy Course is 120 hours to 150 hours including basic literacy and arithmetic skills. ‘Literacy Certificate’ is gained at the end of the course.

•Second Level Literacy Course is 180 to 200 hours. Turkish, The curricula includes Turkish, Social Sciences, Maths and Science classes. ‘Adults 2nd Level Achievement Certificate’ is gained at the end of the course.

LITERACY COURSES

Projects on LLL are held by National and EU financial sources.Accompolished / Ongoing Projects•Promotion of LLL in Turkey- 1•Adult Education Project - 1 ( Implementation of Adult Agenda)•Let Schools be Life•Social Inclusion for Roman People•Learning Hospitals•Learning Festivals

Future Projects•Adult Education Project -2 ( Implementation of Adult Agenda)•Promotion of LLL in Turkey -2

PROJECTS

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• Cooperations are done on LLL with other Ministries, Public and Private Institutions and NGOs.

• Through protocols on national and provincial level stakeholders are motivated to contribute to LLL.

COOPERATION WITH SOCIAL PARTNERS

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Year Number of Protocols2010 92011 292012 142013 8

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LIFELONG LEARNING PARTICIPATION RATES

LLL participation rate in Turkey is provided by Turkish Statistics Institution through a question in Households Survey asked to the age of people 25-64.

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GEO/TIME 2006 2007 2008 2009 2010 2011 2012 2013Denmark 29,2 29,0 29,9 31,2 32,5 32,3 31,6 31,4Switzerland 22,5 26,8 27,9 23,9 30,6 29,9 29,9 30,4Sweden 18,4 18,6 22,2 22,2 24,4 24,9 26,7 28,1Iceland 27,9 27,0 25,1 25,1 25,2 25,9 27,3 25,8Finland 23,1 23,4 23,1 22,1 23,0 23,8 24,5 24,9Norway 18,7 18,0 19,3 18,1 17,8 18,2 20,0 20,4France 6,4 6,1 6,0 5,7 5,0 5,5 5,7 17,7Netherlands 15,6 16,6 17,0 17,0 16,6 16,7 16,5 17,4United Kingdom 26,7 20,0 19,9 20,1 19,4 15,8 15,8 16,1Luxembourg 8,2 7,0 8,5 13,4 13,4 13,6 13,9 14,4Austria 13,1 12,8 13,2 13,8 13,7 13,4 14,1 13,9Estonia 6,5 7,0 9,8 10,5 10,9 12,0 12,9 12,6Slovenia 15,0 14,8 13,9 14,6 16,2 15,9 13,8 12,4Spain 10,4 10,4 10,4 10,4 10,8 10,8 10,7 10,9EU27 9,5 9,3 9,4 9,3 9,1 8,9 9,0 10,5Portugal 4,2 4,4 5,3 6,5 5,8 11,6 10,6 9,8Czech Republic 5,6 5,7 7,8 6,8 7,5 11,4 10,8 9,7Germany 7,5 7,8 7,9 7,8 7,7 7,8 7,9 7,8Malta 5,5 6,0 6,2 6,1 6,2 6,5 7,0 7,7Ireland 7,3 7,6 7,0 6,3 6,8 6,8 7,1 7,3Belgium 7,5 7,2 6,8 6,8 7,2 7,1 6,6 6,7Latvia 6,9 7,1 6,8 5,3 5,0 5,1 6,9 6,5Italy 6,1 6,2 6,3 6,0 6,2 5,7 6,6 6,2Lithuania 4,9 5,2 4,8 4,4 3,9 5,7 5,2 5,7Poland 4,7 5,1 4,7 4,7 5,2 4,4 4,5 4,3Turkey 1,8 1,5 1,9 2,3 2,5 2,9 3,2 4,0Macedonia 2,3 2,8 2,5 3,3 3,2 3,4 4,0 3,5Hungary 3,8 3,6 3,1 2,7 2,8 2,7 2,8 3,0Greece 1,9 2,1 2,9 3,3 3,0 2,4 2,9 2,9Slovakia 4,1 3,9 3,3 2,8 2,8 3,9 3,1 2,9Croatia 2,9 2,4 2,2 2,3 2,2 2,3 2,4 2,4Romania 1,3 1,3 1,5 1,5 1,3 1,6 1,4 2,0Bulgaria 1,3 1,3 1,4 1,4 1,2 1,3 1,5 1,7

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Antalya, Isparta, Burdur 2,8 2,8 3,5 4,4 4,9 4,2 5,6 6,3

Kocaeli, Sakarya, Düzce, Bolu, Yalova 2,0 1,6 1,9 2,2 3,1 3,9 4,2 5,8

Zonguldak, Karabük, Bartin 1,7 1,5 1,5 2,4 3,6 3,8 4,2 5,2

Malatya, Elazığ, Bingöl, Tunceli 1,0 1,3 2,0 2,2 3,3 3,6 4,5 5,1

Ankara 3,2 2,5 2,7 3,1 3,3 3,5 3,9 5,0

Izmir 1,8 1,7 1,9 2,5 2,7 4,3 4,5 4,7

Erzurum, Erzincan, Bayburt 2,5 1,7 1,8 2,0 2,4 3,1 3,6 4,4

Istanbul 2,0 1,5 2,1 2,4 2,3 3,1 3,4 4,2

Konya, Karaman 1,4 1,9 3,6 4,3 3,5 3,2 3,4 4,2

Kayseri, Sivas, Yozgat 1,4 1,2 1,0 1,6 1,4 1,8 3,4 4,1

Türkiye Ortalaması 1,8 1,5 1,9 2,3 2,5 2,9 3,2 4,0

Mardin, Batman, Sirnak, Siirt 1,2 0,5 0,9 1,6 2,3 2,3 3,0 4,0

Tekirdag, Edirne, Kirklareli 3,7 2,2 3,2 2,8 3,6 4,4 3,8 3,9

Adana, Mersin 1,4 1,2 1,4 1,8 2,0 2,2 2,6 3,9

Sanliurfa, Diyarbakir 1,0 0,8 0,7 1,3 1,7 1,8 1,6 3,9

Samsun, Tokat, Çorum, Amasya 1,1 1,3 1,6 2,1 2,6 2,7 2,2 3,6

Aydin, Denizli, Mugla 1,2 1,4 1,7 2,5 2,6 2,6 3,3 3,3

Van, Mus, Bitlis, Hakkari 1,1 1,0 1,5 1,7 2,2 3,1 2,6 3,2

Bursa, Eskisehir, Bilecik 1,8 1,5 1,3 1,6 1,7 2,1 2,1 3,0

Kastamonu, Çankiri, Sinop 1,8 2,2 2,3 3,1 2,6 2,8 2,9 3,0

Gaziantep, Adiyaman, Kilis 0,7 0,3 0,6 1,2 1,8 1,9 2,0 3,0

Kirikkale, Aksaray, Nigde, Nevsehir, Kirsehir 2,6 1,6 1,2 1,6 2,1 2,1 2,9 2,9

Agri, Kars, Igdir, Ardahan 1,4 1,0 1,1 1,1 1,2 1,2 2,3 2,9

Balikesir, Çanakkale 1,1 1,3 1,4 2,3 2,4 2,1 2,2 2,7

Hatay, Kahramanmaras, Osmaniye 1,9 1,5 1,8 1,9 2,1 2,5 2,7 2,7

Trabzon, Ordu, Giresun, Rize, Artvin, Gümüshane 1,9 1,7 1,9 1,9 1,9 2,1 1,9 2,3

Manisa, Afyonkarahisar, Kütahya, Usak 0,9 0,8 0,8 0,8 1,1 1,4 1,3 1,8

LLL STRATEGY PAPER

Awareness Raising

LLL Opportunities and Service

Access to LLL

Lifelong Guidance

Recognition of Prior Learning

Monitoring and Evaluation

PRIORITIES

Thank you

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